Patent · US Expired

Power generating system

US4030300A · kind A · utility

35Cited by
2References
21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 10, 1976
Grant dateJun 21, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 10, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF03G3/04
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An electric power generating system in which solid material is caused to flow by gravity from an upper level to a lower level onto a wheel or a series of wheels which are caused to rotate by the weight of the material on blades spaced along the periphery of the wheels. The wheels are interconnectable and in a system which drives electrical generators to produce power.

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